File containing photos and multiple articles about Earl Beck, "recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia" as appointed by his personal friend, President Harry Truman. Beck was an African American real estate businessman born in Wamego, Kansas about 1890 with residence later in Kansas City at 2147 East 24th Street and became superintendent of the county Parental Home for Negro Boys and Girls.

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